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decree¹ [dikrí:] samostalnik
odlok, odredba, dekret, naredba, predpis, sklep

decree of nature zakon narave
decree of God božja volja
pravno decree nisi začasna ločitev zakona

dóber good; benevolent; kind (do to)

v dóbri veri in good faith
tri dóbre metre a good three metres
v dobrem in slabem arhaično in weal and woe
v dobrem razpoloženju in good spirits
dóbre pol ure a full half-hour
preveč dobrega too much of a good thing
dóbra gospodinja a thrifty housewife
dóbra ura hoje a good hour's walk
dóbra prodaja a ready sale
dóber sluh a quick ear
dóber spomin retentive memory
dóbra volja good humour, good temper
dóber vid keen (ali quick) sight
dóbro znanje fair knowledge
biti dóber hodec to be a good walker
ta je pa dobra! that is too much of a good thing!, that's a good one!
biti dóber v računanju to be good at figures
reči dóbro besedo za koga to say a good word for someone
držati s kom v dobrem in slabem to stick to someone through thick and thin
bodi tako dóber in podaj mi ono sol! be so kind as to (ali be a dear and ali be good enough to) pass me that salt!
konec dóber vse dobro all's well that ends well
v vsaki stvari je nekaj dóbrega it's an ill wind that blows nobody good
dóbro blago se sámo hvali good wine needs no bush

good¹ [gud] (primernik better, presežnik best) pridevnik
dober; ljubezniv; koristen, zadovoljiv, precejšen, znaten, obilen; zdrav, kreposten; zapeljiv; pravi, veljaven; svež, nepokvarjen; cel

all in good time vse o pravem času
as good as skoraj, tako rekoč
pogovorno good and popolnoma
to be as good as one's word biti mož beseda
good at, a good hand at spreten, mojster v čem
good cheer veseljačenje, požreševanje, krokanje, popivanje; pogum
a good deal precej
in good earnest čisto resno
be good enough to... bodi tako dober in...
so far so good doslej je še vse v redu
to feel good biti dobre volje
good for veljaven za
good for nothing zanič, neraben
good for you odlično
good form lepo vedenje
Good Friday veliki petek
from (ali on) good authority iz dobrega vira
with a good grace z dobro voljo
good gracious (ali heavens) za božjo voljo!
to hold good dobro se obnesti, obveljati
good humour dobra volja
his good lady njegova žena
good looks lepa zunanjost
to make good uspešno izvršiti
the good man of the house hišni gospodar
to have a good mind to do it imeti najboljši namen kaj storiti
good people škrati
as good as a play zabaven (prizor)
trgovina your good self vaša cenjena firma (v pismih)
good speed! mnogo sreče!
that's a good'un! ta je dobra!
to throw good money after bad razmetavati denar, zapravljati
to do a good turn izkazati ljubeznivost
good night! lahko noč!
good Lord! zaboga!
good for you! prav imaš
a good turn usluga
pogovorno good and ready popolnoma pripravljen

heaven [hevn] samostalnik
nebesa
množina nebesni svod, nebo, nébes; cona; podnebje
figurativno raj, blaženstvo

Heaven bog
by heaven; ali good heavens! sveta nebesa!
the Heaven of heavens deveta nebesa
heaven and earth v nebesih in na zemlji
to move heaven and earth vse napraviti, vsak kamen obrniti
in the seventh heaven v devetih nebesih, blažen
for heaven's sake za božjo voljo
figurativno, pogovorno to heaven, to high nezaslišano, smrdi do neba
heaven forbid bog ne zadeni
it is Heaven's will božja volja je
thank heaven hvala bogu
would to heaven da bog da
what in heaven? kaj za boga?
it was heaven bilo je božansko

humo(u)r¹ [hjú:mə] samostalnik
humor, razpoloženje, temperament, šegavost
množina norčije, šale
zgodovina telesni sok

in the humo(u)r for s.th. razpoložen za kaj, pri volji za kaj
good (ill) humo(u)r dobra (slaba) volja
out of humo(u)r slabe volje, ozlovoljen
sense of humo(u)r smisel za humor
when the humo(u)r takes him kadar je pri volji
zgodovina cardinal humo(u)rs glavni telesni sokovi (kri, sluz, žolč itd.)
aqueous (ali vitreous) humo(u)r steklovina v zrklu

iron¹ [áiən] pridevnik
železen, železov, barve železa
figurativno krepak, trden
figurativno trd, krut, okruten
figurativno nezlomljiv, neupogljiv

an iron constitution trdno zdravje
the Iron Chancellor Bismarck, železni kancler
the Iron Duke Wellington, železni vojvoda
iron discipline železna disciplina
iron rations železna rezerva hrane
an iron will železna volja

iron² [áiən] samostalnik
železo; železen predmet (npr. vžigalo znamenja v kožo), likalnik, rezilo orodja, harpuna
množina okovi
poetično meč, orožje
množina, medicina železna opora za nogo

cast iron lito železo
pig iron surovo železo
sheet iron pločevina
scrap iron staro železo
wrought iron kovno železo
sleng shooting iron revolver
navtika in(to) irons v vetru, ki se ne da obrniti
a will of iron železna volja
a man of iron človek železne volje; trd, nepopustljiv človek
a heart of iron trdo srce
the iron entered into his soul strlo ga je (bolečina)
to put in irons vkovati v železje
to have too many irons in the fire imeti preveč železa v ognju, delati preveč stvari hkrati
he is made of iron je trdnega zdravja
to rule with a rod of iron (ali with an iron hand) vladati z železno roko
to strike while the iron is hot kovati železo dokler je vroče

poslédnji the last; (končni) final

poslédnji dan the last day
do poslédnjega moža to the last man
poslédnje olje religija extreme unction
poslédnja runda šport final round
poslédnja volja (the last) will
biti v poslédnjih vzdihljajih to be at one's last gasp, to be dying
izkazati komu poslédnjo čast to attend someone's funeral
priti v poslédnjem trenutku to come at the last moment

slàb (moralno) bad, evil

precéj slàb baddish; (šibak, slaboten) weak, feeble, frail, faint; (zdravje) delicate; poor, infirm, shaken
slàbi časi hard times pl
slàb človek a wicked man
na slàbem glasu of bad repute
slàb izgovor, slàbo opravičilo a poor (ali thin) excuse
slàba kakovost inferior quality
slàba kupčija bad bargain
slàbi obeti bad outlook, poor prospects pl
slàba obleka poor dress
slàba prodaja poor sale
slàbo pivo weak beer
slàb, kratek spomin short memory
slàb pulz slow pulse
slàb strelec a poor shot
slàba tolažba poor comfort
slàba točka (stran) weak point, foible
slàba volja bad temper
slàba vidljivost poor visibility
slàb uspeh poor success
slàbo znanje smattering, superficial knowledge
slàbo zdravje poor health
slàb zrak foul air
slàbo vreme bad (ali nasty, adverse) weather
biti slàbe volje to be ill-humoured, to be in a bad temper
biti na slàbem glasu to have a bad name
on je na slabšem pri tem he has the worst of it
v matematiki sem zelo slàb I am very poor at mathematics
ona ima slàb (šibak) glas she has a feeble voice
on ima slàb spomin he has a poor memory, pogovorno he has a memory like a sieve
držati s kom (biti zvest komu) v dobrem in slàbem to stick to someone through thick and thin
to ni slàba misel that's not a bad idea
ta banka stoji baje na slàbih nogah (figurativno) that bank is said to be in a weak state
v tem ne vidim nič slàbega I see no harm (ali nothing wrong) in that
živeti v slàbih razmerah to live in straitened circumstances
naj pride dobro ali slàbo arhaično come weal or woe

svobôden free; (na prostosti) at liberty, at large; (neodvisen) independent; (poklic) liberal; (nezasužnjen) unenslaved; (neujet) at large, uncaught

svobôdna ljubezen free love
svobôden mislec, duh freethinker
svobôden poklic liberal profession
svobôden prehód free pass
svobôdno pristanišče free port
svobôdna trgovina free trade
svobôdne umetnosti the liberal arts pl
svobôdna volja free will
svobôden promet blaga free sale of goods
svobôdna menjava dela free exchange of labour
svobôdno združeno delo freely associated labour
svobôdna skupnost free community
svobôdna in vsestranska dejavnost free and all-round activity

tough [tʌf]

1. pridevnik (toughly prislov)
žilav, trd, čvrst; močan, robusten, krepak; zdržljiv, vztrajen, nepopustljiv, energičen; zakrknjen, trmast; lepljiv; neugoden, težak, težaven; razvpit; grób, osoren, zadirčen

a tough customer človek, ki ga je težko ugnati
a tough job trdo, Btežko delo
tough luck figurativno smola
a tough neighbourhood razvpita soseščina
tough meat žilavo meso
a tough offender zakrknjen prestopnik
tough steel trdo jeklo
a tough will žilava, železna volja
he is in a tough spot with his boss slabó je zapisan pri svojem šefu
it is not so tough ni tako stabo

2. samostalnik
drznež, silak, robavs, neotesanec; hudoben (malopriden) človek; kriminalec, apaš; pridanič

voluntary¹ [vɔ́ləntəri] pridevnik (-rily prislov)
prostovoljen, spontan, hoten, nameren; osnovan ali vzdrževan s prostovoljnimi prispevki; svoboden, neodvisen

voluntary act namerno, premišljeno dejanje
a voluntary contribution prostovoljen prispevek
the voluntary faculty svobodna volja
voluntary manslaughter premišljen uboj
voluntary school (od države) neodvisna šola
a voluntary statement, confession prostovoljna izjava, prostovoljno priznanje
voluntary workers prostovoljni delavci

zgodíti se to happen (komu to someone), to occur, to come to pass, to come about, to chance; to take place; to befall

naj se zgodi, kar hoče! happen what may!, no matter what happens!
prav se mu je zgodilo! it served him right!
kar se je zgodilo, se je zgodilo what's done is done!
da se (ti) to več ne zgodi! don't let that happen again!
zgôdi se Tvoja volja! religija Thy will be done!
in nič se ni zgodilo and nothing happened
kdaj se je to zgodilo? when did it take place?
takó se je to zgodilo this is how it came about
zgodila se mu je nesreča he has had an accident, he has met with an accident
nesreča se nikoli ne zgodi sama misfortunes never come singly

želézen iron(-); of iron, made of iron; irony; figurativno unbending, strong

želézna cesta (železnica) (francosko) chemin de fer, railway, ZDA railroad
želézna doba Iron Age
želézni (rezervni) fond permanent (ali reserve) fund
želézen drog, palica iron bar
želézni odpadki scrap iron
želézni opilki iron filings pl
želézno orodje iron fittings pl
želézna pločevina sheet iron, iron plate
želézna pljuča medicina iron lung
želézna roba ironware, hardware, ironmongery
želézna ruda iron ore
želézna rezerva (1800 kalorij) vojska iron ration, ZDA D ration
želézna vrata iron gate
želézna vrata ZDA geografija the Iron Gate
želézna zavesa gledališče safety (ali fireproof) curtain, politika iron curtain
želézno zdravje robust health
želézna volja iron will
želézna šibika iron bar, iron rod
želézna žila (rude) vein (ali seam, lode) of iron ore
vladati z želézno roko (figurativno) to rule with a rod of iron (ali with an iron hand)
on je želéznega zdravja he has an iron constitution